Vaccination data by race and city a 'must have' to tackle inequities, Stamford official says
Brianna Gurciullo
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Matthew Quinones, President for the City of Stamford Board of Representatives calls to order a special meeting in the Legislative Chambers of the Government Center in Stamford, Conn. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD — The president of Stamford’s Board of Representatives has asked the state Department of Health to release COVID-19 vaccination data broken down by race and municipality, saying statewide data isn’t enough to guide local officials looking to tackle inequities in distribution.
The Department of Health recently released data showing that as of Feb. 3 about 56 percent of first doses provided across Connecticut went to people identifying as white. Meanwhile, 3.4 percent of doses went to people identifying as Black, 5.2 percent went to those identifying as Hispanic, 2.6 percent went to those identifying as Asian and about 24 percent went to those identifying as being of another race or multiple races.